Niccolò Machiavelli (born May 3, 1469, Florence-died June 21, 1527, Florence) Italian statesman, historian, and political theorist. He rose to power after the overthrow of Girolamo Savonarola, was appointed secretary and Second Chancellor to the Florentine Republic in 1498. Working as a diplomat for 14 years, he came in contact with the most powerful figures in Europe. He was dismissed when the Medici family returned to power in 1512, and during the next year he was arrested and tortured for conspiracy. Though soon released, he was not permitted to return to public office. His famous treatise The Prince (1513, published 1532) is a handbook for rulers; though dedicated to Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence from 1513, it failed to win Machiavelli his favour. Machiavelli viewed The Prince as an objective description of political reality. Because he viewed human nature as venal, grasping, and thoroughly self-serving, he suggested that ruthless cunning is appropriate to the conduct of government. Though admired for its incisive brilliance, the book also has been widely condemned as cynical and amoral, and “Machiavellian” has come to mean deceitful, unscrupulous, and manipulative. His other works include a set of discourses on Livy (completed c. 1518), the comedy The Mandrake (completed c. 1518), The Art of War (published 1521), and the Florentine Histories (completed c. 1525).
Rejecting the traditional values of political theory, Machiavelli drew upon his own experiences of office in the turbulent Florentine republic to write his celebrated treatise on statecraft. While Machiavelli was only one of the many Florentine "prophets of force," he differed from the ruling elite in recognizing the complexity and fluidity of political life.
Translated by George Bull
Introduction by Anthony Grafton
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很顯然,馬基雅維裏是一代政治學導師。真實的太真實的,殘忍與冷酷隻配俯首於權力之下並供之驅使。不要把它們上升為人性之中陰暗一麵,在我看來它比加州陽光還更令人心曠神怡。如果個人作為社會整體的一部分,那在各種需要層次被涵蓋滿足過後,君主就是自我實現的唯一途徑。...
評分馬基雅維利的《君主論》是西方現代政治思潮的裏程碑。我一直想弄清楚這個現代究竟準確地指嚮哪裏?至少不是我們的教科書中那樣信誓旦旦宣稱的1949年後,似乎自那之後便全是一片新天地,非現代不可。另一種說法是,生活在1469到1527年間的馬基雅維利是近代政治學的鼻祖,這個說...
評分學術與政治之間 從馬基雅維裏關於《君主論》的兩封信說起 李華芳 學術和政治之間的關係是一個不簡單的話題。有韋伯的名篇演講和徐復觀的名著在前,似乎沒有多大討論的必要。隻是討論馬基雅維裏在學術與政治之間的糾葛有點像金庸小說中的《廣陵散》成絕響、麯洋卻從東漢蔡邑墓...
評分 評分如果單獨的看《君主論》,我覺得這本書並不特彆。但是如果把《君主論》與唐太宗李世民寫的《帝範》一起來看的話,就有點意思瞭。 由於中國自古以來大部分的時間都是一個統一的國傢,所以一個皇帝最重要的任務就是維持國傢的繁榮穩定,所以《帝範》講的都是關於國傢的治理。 ...
圖書標籤: 政治 權力 Machiavelli 經典 哲學 曆史 非虛構 英文
相當於15世紀的《獨裁者手冊》
評分從政治厚黑學的角度來說顯得基礎瞭,瞭解意大利及佛羅倫薩曆史來講還不錯
評分Some points are still not outdated to this day. Suggestions on internal affairs mostly consisted of maintaining the prince’s public images, while going in detail about wartime governance. At least he doesn’t encourage confiscating people’s property, even 16th century western political thought is more humanitarian than 中國◯◯黨。
評分買這種書,有瞭introduction真是易懂
評分相當於15世紀的《獨裁者手冊》
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